Lincolnshire Bird Sightings - August 2022
31/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Osprey, Curlew Sandpiper
Boultham Mere
Bittern, 2 Great White Egret, Common Sandpiper, 9 Snipe, Grey Wagtail
Bittern and Grey Heron posing nicely at Boultham Mere - Image © Andy Sims
Chapel Point
Long-tailed Skua
Deeping Lakes
Gannet
Frampton Marsh
25 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 30 Spoonbill, 3 Little Stint
Huttoft Bank
2 Long-tailed Skua
Mablethorpe
Black Tern
Manby Wetlands
5 Dunlin, 3 Greenshank, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Greylag Goose, Grey Heron, 4 House Martin, 5 Ringed Plover, 5 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Green Sandpiper, 20 Pied Wagtail
Sutton on Sea
4 Pink-footed Goose
Swanpool cow-fields
Spotted Flycatcher
Toft Newton
Dunlin
30/08/2012
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, Kingfisher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Snipe
Frampton Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
70000 Red Knot, Pied Flycatcher 2 Sooty Shearwater, 14 Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
Long-tailed Skua
Manby Wetlands
Dunlin, Garganey, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, 3 Ringed Plover, 4 Ruff, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Green Sandpiper, 9 Snipe, Whinchat
Market Deeping
Whinchat
Sutton on Sea
2 Red-throated Diver, 8 Arctic Skua, Common Scoter 150+, 2 Long-tailed Skua, Wheatear, Whimbrel
29/08/2022
Boultham Mere
Bittern, 2 Buzzard, Spotted Crake, Great White Egret,10 Grey Heron, Kingfisher, 2 Common Sandpiper, 7 Snipe
Deeping Lakes
Garganey
Frampton
Pectoral Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
11 Spoonbill
Halton Marsh
2 Peregrine Falcon, Pintail, Little Ringed Plover, 9 Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 14 Common Tern
28/08/2022
Deeping Lakes
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
11 Spotted Redshank, 26 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 49 Spoonbill, Little Stint
The Pectoral Sandpiper present at Frampton Marsh today - Image © Kyle Smith
Gibraltar Point
114 Common Buzzard, Honey Buzzard, 16 Spoonbill
Marton
Redstart (in private garden)
Messingham
Wood Sandpiper
Pyewipe
Wood Sandpiper
Swanpool cow-fields
4 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Lesser Whitethroat
Tetney
Greenshank
Whisby
5 Little Egret, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Egyptian Goose, 5 Grey Heron, 5 Garganey, 150+ Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover
27/08/2022
Ancaster
Great White Egret, Kingfisher
Deeping High Bank
Great White Egret
Gibraltar Point
18 Spoonbill
Halton Marsh area
Peregrine Falcon, 3200 Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 2 Wood Sandpiper
Jobs Lane
7 Little Egret, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Pochard, Common Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker
Kirkby
150 Lapwing, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6 Snipe
Saltfleetby/ Theddlethorpe
198 Curlew, 5500 Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, 23 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Marsh Harrier, 58 Oystercatcher, 89 Ringed Plover, 67 Redshank, 22 Sandwich Tern, Sparrowhawk
Timberland Fen
Peregrine Falcon, Roller
Perseverence eventually pays off, the European Roller at Timberland Fen - Image © Graham Catley
RAF Woodhall
Buzzard, Great White Egret,10 Barnacle Goose. Hobby, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper
26/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Butterwick Low
Wryneck
Covenham Reservoir
Little Gull
Fillingham area
Whinchat
Whinchat from near Fillingham - Image - © Colin Scott
Frampton Marsh
6 Curlew Sanpiper
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 7 Spotted Redshank, 2 Redstart, 5 Spoonbill
Messingham
Kestrel, Kingfisher, 220 Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Snipe, Sparrowhawk
Timberland Fen
Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, Roller, Sparrowhawk
Whisby (Teal Lake)
5 Garganey
25/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Tits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Red Kite, 3 Common Sandpiper, 30 Shoveler, 8 Snipe, 55 Swallow, 35 Teal
Far Ings
Kingfisher, Water Rail, Bearded Tit, Reed Warbler
Water Rail at Far Ings - Image © Jaqueline Spindley
Frampton Marsh
10 Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, 50 Spoonbill, 4 Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Common Redstart, 10 Arctic Skua, 3 Arctic Tern, 2 Black Tern, 55 Common Tern, 550 Sandwich Tern
Huttoft
Long-tailed Duck, 9 Common Scoter, Long-tailed Skua
Manby
Garganey, Wood Sandpiper
Teal Lake
5 Garganey
Willow Tree Fen
3 Whinchat
24/08/2022
Baston & Langtort Pits
Garganey, Whinchat
Cut End
Osprey (north)
Frampton Marsh
12 Spotted Redshank, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 30 Spoonbill, 4 Little Stint
Marston
2 Cetti's Warbler (trapped and ringed)
Pyewipe
2 Caspian Gull, Black Tern
Saltfleetby
Pied Flycatcher
Spalding
Bee-eater (heard only)
Swanpool Cow-fields
Spotted Flycatcher
23/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Pied Flycatcher
Black Bank Messingham
2 Buzzard, 300 Black-headed Gull, 20 Common Gull, Hobby, 4 Kestrel
Boultham Mere
2 Buzzard, Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
26 Spoonbill, 2 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Long-eared Owl, Redstart, 6 Spoonbill,
22/08/2022
Ancaster
Great White Egret
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Black-tailed Godwit, Rook 70+
East Halton Skitter
Black Redstart
A splendid Black Redstart at East Halton Skitter - Image © Steve Routledge
Gibraltar Point
3 Spoonbill
Manby Wetlands
Garganey, Wood Sandpiper
Willow Tree Fen
4 Common Crane
21/08/2022
Ashbyville Lake
2 Bullfinch, 8 Great-crested Grebe, Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, 5 Whinchat
Trent Port Marton
Spotted Flycatcher
East Halton Skitter
Black Redstart, Wood Sandpiper
Winter's Pool
Wood Sandpiper
20/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 3 Spotted Redshank, 36 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
2 Pied Flycatcher, Marsh Harrier, 6 Tree Pipit, 2 Redstart, 2 Sparrowhawk, Little Stint, 25 Willow Warbler
Halton Marsh
Wood Sandpiper
Manby Wetlands
Garganey
Messingham
Garganey
Winter's Pond
Wood Sandpiper
Wolla Bank
2200 Swallow, 352 Yellow Wagtail
19/08/2022
Doddington Park
Little Owl
Frampton Marsh
Garganey, 3 Spotted Redshank, 36 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
5 Pied Flycatcher, Garganey, 6 Spoonbill, Roseate Tern
Mablethorpe
Caspian Gull
Manby Wetlands
Garganey
Messingham
Chiffchaff 12, 3 Coal Tit, 6 Little Egret, 30 Gadwall, 2 Goldcrest, Lapwing 93, Green Sandpiper 2, Shoveler 12, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Nebraska Wetlands
2 Buzzard, 3 Lesser black-Backed Gull, 10 Lapwing, 50 Linnet, 40 Rook
Theddlethorpe
Raven
Winter's Pool
Wood Sandpiper
18/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Chapel Observatory
7 Fulmar, 3 Little Gull, 3 Kittiwake, 883 Oystercatcher, 67 Arctic Skua, 14 Great Skua, 2 Pomarine Skua, 21 Manxs Shearwater, 9 Arctic Tern, 3 Black Tern, 30 Common Tern, 13 Little Tern, 400 Sandwich Tern
Frampton Marsh
8 Spotted Redshank, 26 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Redshank, 20 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Manby Wetlands
Dunlin, Garganey, 2 Greenshank, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 21 Green Sandpiper
Willow Tree Fen
4 Whinchat
17/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
2 Common Crane, Caspian Gull
Boultham Mere
3 Common Sandpiper
Chapel Point
3 Little Gull, 2 Pomarine Skua , 3 Black Tern,
Deeping Lakes
Turnstone
Frampton Marsh
Avocet, 2 Barnacle Goose, Dunlin, 20 Little Egret, Peregrine Falcon, 5000 Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Kittiwake, Red Knot, House Martin, Sand Martin, 20 Ringed Plover, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 48 Spoonbill, Little Stint, Barn Swallow, 5 Swift
In contrast to the nine (below) at RAF Woodhall today, this tame bird in front of Reedbed Hide, Frampton wasn't in the least wary - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Gibraltar Point
4 Little Gull, 2 Spotted Redshank, 12 Spoonbill, Pomarine Skua, 3 Little Stint, 5 Black Tern
RAF Woodhall Spa
9 Barnacle Goose, 7 Egyptian Goose, House Martin, Swallow, Sand Martin Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe
An unusual sighting at RAF Woodhall Spa this afternoon. Nine Barnacle Geese - Image © Andy Sims
Sutton on Sea
Eider, 3 Fulmar, 57 Gannet, 239 Oystercatcher, 6 Manx Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, 16 Arctic Skua, 3 Great Skua, Pomarine Skua, 3 Black Tern, 17 Common Tern
Trent Port
3 Curlew, Little Egret, Goldcrest, 2 Grey Partridge, 10 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail
Whisby
2 Garganey, Barnacle Goose, Black-tailed Godwit, Red-crested Pochard, Ruff, Green Sandpiper
16/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Spotted Redshank
Baston & Langtoft
Garganey
Boultham Mere
350 Black-headed Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Grey Heron, 2 Lapwing, 2 Sand Martin
Frampton Marsh
Spotted Redshank, 4 Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
2 Pied Flycatcher12 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Huttoft
Black Tern
Nocton Heath
Common Crane
Pig Lane
4 Grey Partridge
Swanpool cow-fields
Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Wolla Bank
Red-necked Phalarope
15/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Greenshank, 2 Lapwing, Snipe
Covenham Reservoir
Ringed Plover, Redshank, Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, 40 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Freiston Shore
Curlew, Little Gull, 3 Whinchat
Gibraltar Point
8 Spoonbill
Manby Wetlands
3 Dunlin, 3 Greenshank, 16 Green Sandpiper, Little Stint, Black Tern, 6+ Little Tern
Rimac
Spotted Flycatcher
Sutton on Sea
Great White Egret, Gannet, 88 Oystercatcher, 82 Swallow, 38 Teal, 6 Common Tern, 183 Sandwich Tern, Whimbrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker
14/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
17 Spoonbill
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Pied Flycatcher, 40 Spoonbill, White-rumped Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 12 Spoonbill
Pig Lane-Lincoln
Wheatear
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 12 Spoonbill
Mablethorpe
3 Bee-eater (south), Pied Flycatcher (Quebec Road)
Sutton on Sea
Fulmar, 11 Gannet, 250 Sandwich Tern, 300 Oystercatcher, 2 Arctic Skua
13/08/2022
Boultham Mere
Dunlin, Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, Common Gull. Lesser Black-backed Gull, 12 Grey Heron, 5 Lapwing, 9 Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail
Frampton Marsh
White-rumped Sandpiper
Rimac/Churchill Lane
3 Pied Flycatcher
Trent Port
6 Little Egret, 45 Lapwing, 25 House Martin, Green Woodpecker
12/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
3 Garganey
Boultham Mere
4 Raven
Frampton Marsh
15 Spotted Redshank, White-runped Sandpier, 53 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
2 Pied Flycatcher, Caspian Gull, Long-eared Owl, Spotted Redshank, 13 Spoonbill
Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe Dunes
Cuckoo, Red Hite
Teal Lake - Whisby
3 Garganey
11/08/2022
Boultham Mere
Snipe 2
Bourne
Mandarin Duck
Far Ings
Common Crane (reported as recently)
Gibratar Point
2 Pied Flycatcher, 13 Spoonbill
10/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Whinchat
Boultham Mere
Great White Egret, Little Egret
Deeping Lakes
Temminck's Stint
Frampton Marsh
6 Spotted Redshank, 41 Spoonbill, Wood Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, 2 Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Spoonbill
Willow Tree Fen
3 Whinchat
One of the three whichat that were at Willow Tree Fen - Image © Ian Misselbrook
Winter's Pit
300 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff
09/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Deeping Lakes
Temminck's Stint
Frampton Marsh
8 Spotted Redshank, 38 Spoonbill
Manby Wetland
Little Stint
Saltfleetby
Pied Flycatcher
08/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Cattle Egret, Garganey
Black Bank (Scunthorpe)
Little Owl
Frampton Marsh
8 Spotted Redshank,Wood Sandpiper, 44 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
4 Spoonbill
Killingholme Pit
Curlew Sandpiper
Manby Wetlands
Black-tailed Godwit, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Little Stint
Roxby
Marsh Harrier, Jay
Saltfleetby
Pied Flycatcher
Winteringham
Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, Marsh Harrier
07/08/2022
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Gibraltar Point
Long-eared Owl, Black Tern
Frampton Marsh
Pectoral Sandpiper
Manby Wetlands
Little Stint
06/08/2022
Culverthorpe Lakes
Spotted Flycatcher
Two young Spotted Flycatchers at Culverthorpe Lakes - Image © Dave Roberts
Donna Nook
Black Tern (off-shore)
Gibraltar Point
Pied Flycatcher, Kestrel, 17 Spoonbill, Swallow, Wheatear
East Kirkby
Common Crane
Frampton Marsh
5 Curlew Sandpiper, 27 Spoonbill
Freiston Shore
5 Spotted Redshank
Manby Wetlands
Little Gull, Little Stint
Messingham SQ
Black-winged Stilt (between two and six reported)
05/08/2022
Baston Fen
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
Hen Harrier (male), 4 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 25 Spoonbill
Gibraltar Point
Cuckoo, 20 Spoonbill
Killingholme
Avocet, Dunlin, 1000 Black-tailed Godwit, Red Knot, Redshank
Messingham
90 Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, 6 Black-winged Stilt (Potteric Carr birds), 6 Shelduck, Common Tern
One of the adults (cropped) that was in front of Wader Hide today at Messingham SQ, the rest of the family (five) showed well too - Image © Chris Grimshaw
Saltfllet Haven
2 Short-eared Owl
Winter's Pool
10 Little Egret, 100 Black-tailed Godwit
04/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Bittern, 5 Spoonbill, Stilt Sandpiper
A slendid shot of a Bittern at Alkborough - Image ç Richard Willison
Cress Marsh
4 Yellow Wagtail
Culverthorpe Lakes
Cuckoo
Frampton Marsh
6 Curlew Sandpiper
Gibraltar Point
20 Spoonbill
03/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Frampton Marsh
130 Avocet, 2000 Dunlin, 2000+ Black-tailed Godwit, 21 Greemshank, 2 Marsh Harrier, 600+ Red Knot, Water Rail, 12 Spotted Redshank, 3 Little Stint, Black Tern, Curlew Sandpiper, 35 Spoonbill, Whimbrel
A stunning shot of the Black Tern at Frampton Marsh shortly before it flew off north early this morning - Image © Ian B
Gibraltar Point
Wood Sandpiper, 23 Spoonbill
Teal Lake
Yellow-legged Gull
Willow Tree Fen
Whinchat
02/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stint Sandpiper
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Green Sandpiper
Frampton Marsh
Black Tern, 34 Greenshank, 10 Spotted Redshnk, 12 Spoonbill, Little Stint
Gibraltar Point
30 Spoonbill
Langtoft
Common Quail
Swanholme
3 Jay
01/08/2022
Alkborough Flats
Stilt Sandpiper
Baston & Langtoft Pits
Garganey
Boultham Mere
Goosander, 2 Water Rail
Frampton Marsh
Spoonbill, Black Tern
Gibraltar Point
Curlew Sandpiper
Mablethorpe
Black Tern
Messingham
72 Coot, Goldcrest, Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron, 200 Lapwing, 4 Green Sandpoper, Sparrowhawk, 14 Teal, Yellow Wagtail
Trippling Hows Bridleway, Messingham
Buzzard, 2 Jay, 2 Kestrel, Swallow, Swift, 4
